Since you must go to the library for your research, please wait until you have others to look for me. I would like to know if there are records for Richard Acuff, who died in Grainger Co. Sept 7, 1836, as I was told, and his wife Patsy (Martha)Hailey Acuff, died Aug. 1, 11850, also in Grainger Co. Bonnie Reach, Alba, TX -----Original Message----- From: Cindy Mantooth <toothie@planetc.com> To: TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com <TNGRAING-L@rootsweb.com> Date: Thursday, July 08, 1999 9:47 AM Subject: [TNGRAING-L] TVA Cemetery Removal Records >I am posting this to the List as I was >in the Hamblen Co. library yesterday to >do lookups as I had promised all of you. >The librarian was upset that she had >gotten calls from everywhere about these >records; people thinking the librarians >could do lookups for them. I profusely >apologized for us saying that I had >volunteered to do lookups for these >records and would contact the List to >notify everyone. > >Please, please, please, do NOT CALL the >Hamblen Co. library to ask about these >records. I will be more than happy to do >lookups for you if you will send your >requests to me privately. > >My e-mail address is: >toothie@planetc.com . As I told Mr. >Cameron, the pages are copied and not >very well. This looks like a copy of the >originals that are in the Archives in >GA. but they are readable. > >Those of you who have send requests, I >am about halfway through the pages. The >book is about 3 inches thick, including >the accompanying cemetery plats. Most of >the sites have several surnames, i.e. >STUBBLEFIELD has 15 in one cemetery. >Some cemeteries are private family >cemeteries containing whole families. >Some of the sad part is when the next of >kin was asked where they wanted the >remains reinterred, the answer was >"remain". Even though Cherokee Lake has >covered up the cemeteries, at least the >plat shows where it was located if >someone wants to go to that spot on the >lake. Beginning in August, TVA starts to >"draw down" the lake, meaning they open >the gates and drain most of the lake for >possible winter and springs floods. That >was the reason for the tributary lakes, >vs. the main stream lakes like Loudon in >Knoxville which remains at the same >level. By December, the Holston River is >back in it's original channel for the >most part. All the old homesteads are >revealed again; foundations, parts of >silos, etc. As for the cemeteries, I >doubt there would be anything left, but >the land is still there. > >This is getting over long. I apologize >for taking up too much space. Forgive me >for digressing from the purpose of this >List, genealogy research. > >Cindy > >